12:04 p.m. - Witnesses say they heard screeching and the ground shook like there was an explosion. One witness said they saw an engine going underneath the other. The collision was so hard it shook the trailers across the street.

11:27 a.m. - BNSF has confirmed that the lead locomotives on two intermodal trains collided near Panhandle, TX, this morning, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at approximately 8:40 a.m. CT. Four BNSF employees were involved in the incident.

Local first responders and BNSF personnel were deployed to the scene. By 9:02 a.m., one employee was transported to a local hospital and is being treated. Rescue efforts are underway at the scene with respect to the three other railroad employees involved in the incident.

BNSF will provide additional details as they become available.

Highway 60 in Panhandle, Tx in Carson County is closed because of train derailment & fire. Avoid the area. No word on when it will reopen.

UPDATE 10:54 a.m. - The City of Panhandle says residents east of SH 207 are being evacuated due to shifting winds near the area of a fiery collision Tuesday morning.

Savannah Willburn says residents can congregate at the town's courthouse or war memorial.

Donations are also being accepted for first responders to today's incident. Those are being taken at 600 Main St. at United Methodist Church.

UPDATE 10:40 a.m.

NewsChannel 10 has just confirmed at least one victim of this crash has been taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. We do know the patient is in stable condition. BNSF says four employees were involved in the collision and rescue efforts are underway for the others.

At this time, emergency officials are staging rescue efforts at the Carson County AG barn which is located on the southeast side of town.

A fiery crash erupted when two trains met head-on Tuesday morning.

Carson County law enforcement and rescue officials have not reported any injuries, but hospitals in Amarillo - about 30 minutes away - are operating on high alert as a precaution. Roads are still open near the crash, but drivers are advised to avoid the area 5 miles east of Panhandle just off Highway 60.

At least one of the trains involved is from BNSF, the second-largest railway company in the country behind Union Pacific.

The last BNSF accident involving a collision with another train was in December 2013 in Keithville, LA. Two locomotives and 11 cars from the train derailed when it met head-on with a Union Pacific train. Three front locomotives and one car from the UP train derailed.

The likely cause of the 2013 accident was the BNSF conductor’s improper positioning for a switch onto a side track, according to the

Rescue operations are still ongoing at the scene. Residents in the southeast quadrant of Panhandle are being evacuated at this time. Officials on scene say smoke and fire remain as the largest concerns, not any hazardous material in the area. Video Courtesy of Toby Lankford

Rescue operations are still ongoing at the scene. Residents in the southeast quadrant of Panhandle are being evacuated at this time. Officials on scene say smoke and fire remain as the largest concerns, not any hazardous material in the area. Video Courtesy of Toby Lankford